How about Texas Guinan?
Guinan was a silent film star, business owner and overall bad ass. It seems to me that she falls into the historical tradition of the pin up: a woman who is owning her own sexuality and inserting it in challenging and non-traditional ways into the public sphere.

I mean, consider this:

In 1926, Guinan made $700,000.

The average net income in the United States in 1926?

$5,249.16.

She was known as “The Queen of the Nightclubs.” She starred in 33 silent films. She even owned her own film company. Her funeral in 1933 drew more than 10,000 mourners.

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